Shared Decision-Making in Korean Healthcare: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT: Shared decision-making (SDM) is a collaborative process in which patients and healthcare professionals jointly make informed healthcare decisions. Although SDM is increasingly recognized as a core component of patient-centered care, no comprehensive synthesis has yet mapped SDM research in Korea. This scoping review aimed to examine the scope, key themes, and characteristics of SDM studies in Korean healthcare with a focus on conceptual frameworks, instruments, decision aids, and implementation contexts. Following the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Extension for Scoping Reviews guidelines, we systematically searched nine electronic databases (PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Web of Science, and four Korea-spec

SUBMITTER: Kwon Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12453976 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature